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Scott Yanow | |
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| Born | October 4, 1954 New York City, US |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, music critic |
Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author. [1] [2] [3]
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. [1] [4]
Starting in 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles and was the jazz editor for Record Review. He wrote for many jazz and arts magazines, including JazzTimes , Jazziz, Down Beat , Cadence , CODA, and the Los Angeles Jazz Scene. In September 2002, Yanow was interviewed on-camera by CNN about the Monterey Jazz Festival [5] and wrote an in-depth biography on Dizzy Gillespie for AllMusic.com. [1] He authored 12 books on jazz (including 2022's Life Through the Eyes of a Jazz Journalist), more than 900 liner notes for CDs, and more than 20,000 reviews of jazz recordings. [6]
Yanow was a contributor to and co-editor of the third edition of the All Music Guide to Jazz . He continues to write for Downbeat, Jazziz, the Los Angeles Jazz Scene, "Syncopated Times," "Jazz Artistry Now," the Jazz Rag, and New York City Jazz Record.
Yanow has produced a series of CDs for the Allegro record label. He also hosted a regular radio show (Jazz After Hours) for KCSN-FM, and worked as the jazz listings editor for the Los Angeles Times .
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, scat singing, bent horn, pouched cheeks, and light-hearted personality have made him an enduring icon.
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter.
He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop.
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Triple Threat is the fourth album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring performances recorded in 1962 originally released on the Riverside label.
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